Standards of skinfold thickness and anthropometric indices in term Israeli newborn infants
Amit, Y.; Jabbour, S.; Arad, I.D.
Israel Journal of Medical Sciences 29(10): 632-635
1993
ISSN/ISBN: 0021-2180 PMID: 8244661 Document Number: 415464
Anthropometric measurements including weight, length, head and mid-arm circumferences, skinfold thickness (biceps, triceps, subscapular, abdominal, suprailiac and quadriceps) were obtained from 250 singleton, full-term infants within 4 h of birth. Anthropometric indices for total body fat stores such as arm fat and nonfat areas, adiposity and ponderal indices, and weight/length ratio were calculated. These data may be helpful in determining nutritional status at birth and assessing postnatal growth of Israeli infants.